Sirach 41
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
1[O mors, quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis:
2To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
2viro quieto, et cujus viæ directæ sunt in omnibus, et adhuc valenti accipere cibum !
3O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
3O mors, bonum est judicium tuum homini indigenti, et qui minoratur viribus,
4Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
4defecto ætate, et cui de omnibus cura est, et incredibili, qui perdit patientiam !
5Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
5Noli metuere judicium mortis: memento quæ ante te fuerunt, et quæ superventura sunt tibi: hoc judicium a Domino omni carni.
6And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
6Et quid superveniet tibi in beneplacito Altissimi? sive decem, sive centum, sive mille anni:
7For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
7non est enim in inferno accusatio vitæ.]
8The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
8[Filii abominationum fiunt filii peccatorum, et qui conversantur secus domos impiorum.
9The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
9Filiorum peccatorum periet hæreditas, et cum semine illorum assiduitas opprobrii.
10The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
10De patre impio queruntur filii, quoniam propter illum sunt in opprobrio.
11Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
11Væ vobis, viri impii, qui dereliquistis legem Domini Altissimi !
12And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
12Et si nati fueritis, in maledictione nascemini: et si mortui fueritis, in maledictione erit pars vestra.
13All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
13Omnia quæ de terra sunt in terram convertentur: sic impii a maledicto in perditionem.
14The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
14Luctus hominum in corpore ipsorum: nomen autem impiorum delebitur.
15Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
15Curam habe de bono nomine: hoc enim magis permanebit tibi quam mille thesauri pretiosi et magni.
16A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
16Bonæ vitæ numerus dierum: bonum autem nomen permanebit in ævum.]
17My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
17[Disciplinam in pace conservate, filii: sapientia enim abscondita, et thesaurus invisus, quæ utilitas in utrisque?
18Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom.
18Melior est homo qui abscondit stultitiam suam, quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam suam.
19Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
19Verumtamen reveremini in his quæ procedunt de ore meo:
20For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
20non est enim bonum omnem reverentiam observare, et non omnia omnibus bene placent in fide.
21Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
21Erubescite a patre et a matre de fornicatione: et a præsidente et a potente de mendacio:
22Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
22a principe et a judice de delicto: a synagoga et plebe de iniquitate:
23Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
23a socio et amico de injustitia, et de loco in quo habitas:
24Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
24de furto, de veritate Dei, et testamento: de discubitu in panibus, et ab obfuscatione dati et accepti:
25Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
25a salutantibus de silentio, a respectu mulieris fornicariæ, et ab aversione vultus cognati.
26Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
26Ne avertas faciem a proximo tuo, et ab auferendo partem et non restituendo.
27Gaze not upon another man’s wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
27Ne respicias mulierem alieni viri, et ne scruteris ancillam ejus, neque steteris ad lectum ejus.
28Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
28Ab amicis de sermonibus improperii: et cum dederis, ne improperes.]
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